The is a vertical lift railway bridge across the

Chikugo River The flows through Kumamoto, Ōita, Fukuoka and Saga prefectures in Japan. With a total length of , it is the longest river on Kyūshū. It flows from Mount Aso and empties into the Ariake Sea. It is also nicknamed "Chikushijirō". The upp ...

Kyūshū is the third-largest island of Japan's five main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands ( i.e. excluding Okinawa). In the past, it has been known as , and . The historical regional name referred to Kyushu and its surround ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the n ...

. It was completed in 1935. The bridge has a total length of , with a moveable span of long and a vertical rise of .Agency for Cultural Affairs
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Ōkawa, Fukuoka is a city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on April 1, 1954. The name means 'big river'. As of January 31, 2012, the city has an estimated population of 37,579, with 13,102 households and a population density of ...

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Morodomi, Saga was a town located in Saga District, Saga Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 11,984 and a density of 997.00 persons per km2. The total area was 12.02 km2. On October 1, 2005, Morodomi, along the towns o ...

, and used to be part of the Saga Railway Line. When that line ceased operation in 1987 the bridge was closed to traffic. In 1996 it was reopened for pedestrians in response to requests from the public. A precision miniature model of the bridge, which describes its structure, was exhibited at the

Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937) The ''Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne'' (International Exposition of Art and Technology in Modern Life) was held from 25 May to 25 November 1937 in Paris, France. Both the Palais de Chaillot, housing the Mus ...

. Today this model is on display at the

Railway Museum (Saitama) The is a railway museum in Saitama, Saitama, Japan, which opened on 14 October 2007. It was built and is operated by the East Japan Railway Culture Foundation, a non-profit affiliate of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It consists of a 1 ...

. The bridge was designated an Important Cultural Property in 2003, and in 2007 it was included in the Mechanical Engineering Heritage as item No. 23. File:Chikugo River Lift bridge aerial.jpg, Aerial view of the bridge File:Chikugo River Lift Bridge up20060426.jpg, The bridge viewed from the Morodomi side

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